Iron District

A public school district in Cedar City, Utah, with 18 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

14,125
Students enrolled: 531.2
Teachers, full-time equivalent: Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.; 1,217.4
All staff, full-time equivalent: $8,643
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023: Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 14,125 in 2024–25: Ranks 575th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 12th of 155 in Utah. Larger than 96% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $8,643 in fiscal year 2023: More than 1% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.

Spending and revenue

Iron District spent $8,643 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $5,053 in fiscal year 2005

Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.

U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards

The figures behind this chart

Iron District spent $8,643 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $5,053 in fiscal year 2005. Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Fiscal year	Spending per pupil	Current expenditure	Membership
FY2023	$8,643	$110.1 million	12,739
FY2022	$8,010	$97.4 million	12,159
FY2021	$7,942	$88.1 million	11,091
FY2020	$8,101	$80.4 million	9,923
FY2019	$7,509	$73.4 million	9,777
FY2018	$7,247	$69.3 million	9,558
FY2017	$6,728	$63.6 million	9,446
FY2016	$6,624	$61.2 million	9,235
FY2015	$6,235	$56.6 million	9,078
FY2014	$6,235	$55.4 million	8,892
FY2013	$6,727	$58.6 million	8,708
FY2012	$6,160	$53.4 million	8,675
FY2011	$6,068	$52.5 million	8,657
FY2010	$6,128	$51.9 million	8,471
FY2009	$6,202	$52.9 million	8,532
FY2008	$5,602	$52.8 million	9,418
FY2007	$5,440	$46.4 million	8,522
FY2006	$5,941	$42.3 million	7,120
FY2005	$5,053	$39.3 million	7,771

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Iron District by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
Source	Revenue	Share of total
Federal	$14.4 million	10.3%
State	$80.5 million	57.8%
Local	$44.3 million	31.8%
Total	$139.3 million

Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.

The district’s schools

18 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Iron District
School	City	Level	Students
Canyon View High	Cedar City	High	1,021
Canyon View Middle	Cedar City	Middle	948
Cedar City High	Cedar City	High	1,372
Cedar East School	Cedar City	Elementary	598
Cedar Middle	Cedar City	Middle	1,139
Cedar North School	Cedar City	Elementary	578
Cedar South School	Cedar City	Elementary	545
Enoch School	Enoch	Elementary	516
Escalante Valley School	Beryl	Elementary	134
Fiddlers Canyon School	Cedar City	Elementary	515
Iron County Preschool	Cedar City	Prekindergarten	172
Iron Springs School	Cedar City	Elementary	636
Launch High	Cedar City	High	196
Parowan High	Parowan	High	349
Parowan School	Parowan	Elementary	418
Southwest Educational Academy	Cedar City	Other	4,239
Three Peaks Pre School	Cedar City	Prekindergarten	103
Three Peaks School	Cedar City	Elementary	646

The district’s entry

Status: Open
Type: Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
Charter status: Not a charter district
Grades: Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
NCES district ID: 4900390

Elsewhere

Public schools in Utah — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
Every school district in Utah — A to Z, each with its page.
Utah on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.

Sources

Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.

Data retrieved September 25, 2026